The Pigeon

Kapotajātaka

“I feel quite well”—This story the Master, whilst dwelling at Jetavana, told concerning a greedy Brother. This story of the greedy Brother has already been fully told in divers ways. In this case the Master asked him if he were greedy and on his confessing that it was so, said, “Not now only, but formerly also, Brother, you were greedy, and through greed came by your death.” And herewith he told a story of the past.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Pañcakanipāta
0.3Aḍḍhavagga

0.45. Kapotajātaka

1.1PTS 3.225“Idāni khomhi sukhito arogo,1.2Nikkaṇṭako nippatito kapoto;1.3Kāhāmi dānī hadayassa tuṭṭhiṁ,1.4Tathāhimaṁ maṁsasākaṁ baleti”.
2.1PTS 3.226“Kāyaṁ balākā sikhinī,2.2corī laṅghipitāmahā;2.3Oraṁ balāke āgaccha,2.4caṇḍo me vāyaso sakhā”.
3.1“Alañhi te jagghitāye,3.2Mamaṁ disvāna edisaṁ;3.3Vilūnaṁ sūdaputtena,3.4Piṭṭhamaṇḍena makkhitaṁ”.
4.1“Sunhāto suvilittosi,4.2annapānena tappito;4.3Kaṇṭhe ca te veḷuriyo,4.4agamā nu kajaṅgalaṁ”.
5.1“Mā te mitto amitto vā,5.2agamāsi kajaṅgalaṁ;5.3Piñchāni tattha lāyitvā,5.4kaṇṭhe bandhanti vaṭṭanaṁ”.
6.1PTS 3.227“Punapāpajjasī samma,6.2Sīlañhi tava tādisaṁ;6.3Na hi mānusakā bhogā,6.4Subhuñjā honti pakkhinā”ti.

7.1Kapotajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.

7.2Aḍḍhavaggo tatiyo.

8.1Tassuddānaṁ

9.1Atha vaṇṇa sasīla hiri labhate,9.2Sumukhā visa sāḷiyamittavaro;9.3Atha cakka palāsa sarāja sato,9.4Yava bāla kapotaka pannarasāti.

10.1Atha vagguddānaṁ

11.1Jīnañca vaṇṇaṁ asamaṁvaguppari,11.2Sudesitā jātakanti santi vīsati;11.3Mahesino brahmacarittamuttam-11.4avoca gāthā atthavatī subyañjanāti.

12.1Pañcakanipātaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.